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KOREA HOUSE
Scoring a hat trick for high quality food, entertainment and shopping is
Korea House(
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dinner 5-6.30pm & 7-8.30pm Sun; Line 3 or 4 to Chungmuro, Exit 3) . A dozen dainty, artistic courses
make up the royal banquet. The
hanok,
the
hanbok
-clad waitresses, the
gayageum
(zither) music and the plat-
ters and boxes the food is served in are all part of the experience.
The intimate theatre stages two, hour-long
dance and music performances
(shows ₩50,000; 6.30 &
8.30pm) which you can see independently of eating here. Put on by a troupe of top musicians and dancers, the
shows have some English commentary on a screen. The show includes elegant court dances,
pansori,
a spiritual
shamanist dance,
samullori
and
samgomu
- acrobatic female drummers each banging on three drums.
Rounding out the experience is Korea House's
shop
(
10am-8pm) which stocks a well-edited selection of
quality design goods, traditional crafts, books and cards.
YEONG-YANG CENTRE$$
KOREAN
(
Guangian-gil, Myeong-dong; mains ₩9,500-19,500; Line 4 to Myeong-dong, Exit 7; )
A Myeong-
dong institution since 1960, this is fast-food Korean-style: the tasty deep-fried chicken
comes in various size portions or there's
samgyetang
. A good set lunch (
₩
9000) with
salad, soup, bread and pickled radish is available until 4pm on weekdays, 2pm on week-
ends.
ANDONG JJIMDAK$$
KOREAN
(
off Myeong-dong-gil; mains ₩17,000-27,000; Line 4 to Myeong-dong, Exit 7; )
A convivial young
crowd comes here for the
jjimdak
experience, a very spicy concoction of chicken,
noodles, potatoes and vegetables that comes on a platter meant for sharing.
GOGUNG$$
KOREAN
)
Serves authent-
(
776 3211; Myeong-dong; mains from ₩11,000;
Line 4 to Myeong-dong, Exit 10;
ic Jeonju
bibimbap;
there's another branch in Insadong.
SINSEON SEOLNONGTANG$
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